Transcript: As Students Go On-Line, Educators Ponder Content Value

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As American students begin to explore and create Internet content in the classroom, educators are asking not only what information is authoritative in a research context, but often how simply to unearth it.

ROBERT SIEGEL, Host: There's a big push on right now to get U.S. schools linked to the Internet. While there are great hopes about the educational potential of the Internet, there is no hard evidence that the benefits of on-line computer access outweigh the costs to schools.

NPR's Chris Arnold and students in the San Francisco bay area to find out what is useful and what is not about being hooked up to the Net.

ADONIS TORRES, Teacher, ...

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